Liddell–Scott–Jones: κερᾰμ-εία

κερᾰμ-εία,ἡ,

A. the potter's craft, Pl. Prt. 324e : prov.,ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κ. μανθάνειν, of those who undertake the most difficult tasks without learning the elements of the art, Id. Grg. 514e , cf. La. 187b , Dicaearch. Hist. 51 ;τῆς αὐτῆς κ., of the samemake, Eratosth. ap. Ath. 11.482b .